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johnny jump up - ispíní na héireann lyrics

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[verse 1]
well i’ll tell you a story that happened to me
one day as i went down to youghal by the sea
the sun it was bright and the air it was warm
says i, “an auld pint, it wouldn’t do me no harm”

i went in and i called for a bottle of stout
says the barman, “i’m sorry all the beer is sold out
try whiskey or paddy ten years in the wood”
says i, “i’ll try cider, i’ve heard that it’s good

[chorus]
well oh never, oh never, oh never again
if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of the johnny jump up

[verse 2]
well, busting for a p*ss, i went into thе yard
where i bumped into brophy, thе big civic guard
“come here to me boy, don’t you know i’m the law!”
so i upped with me fist and i shattered his jaw

he fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
but it was not i hit him, it was the johnny jump up
and next thing as i went to youghal by the sea
there was a cripple on his crutches, and says he to me
“i’m afraid of my life i’ll be hit by the car
won’t you help me over to the railwayman’s bar?”
and after a taste of that cider so sweet
he threw down his crutches and danced on his feet

[chorus]
oh never, oh never, oh never again
if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of the johnny jump up

[verse 4]
i marched up the lee road, a friend for to see
and they called it the madhouse in cork by the lee
and when i do get there, the truth i do tell
they had the poor f*cker locked up in a cell!

said the guard testing him, “say these words if you can!
around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran!”
“tell them i’m not crazy, tell them i’m not mad
it was only a sup of the bottle i had!”

[chorus]
oh never, oh never, oh never again
if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of the johnny jump up
[verse 5]
now a man died in the union by the name of mcnabb
and we washed him and we lay him outside on a slab
and after o’connor, his measures did take
his wife took him home to a bl**dy fine wake

and around twelve o’clock and the beer it was high
the corpse, sits he up and says he with a sigh—
— “i can’t get to heaven, they won’t let me up
till i bring them a quart of the johnny jump up!”

[chorus]
oh never, oh never, oh never again
if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of the johnny jump up

oh never, oh never, oh never again
if i live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
i fell to the ground and i could not get up
after drinking a quart of the johnny jump up

- ispini na heireann lyrics

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